Looking for a quote...

sun-star · 02-11-2005, 05:58 PM

I'm trying to find a quote by Tolkien where he discusses why he used his medievalist (Anglo-Saxon etc.) academic background in his work, and says something like he hopes that reading his work will lead people to the real thing, i.e. medieval literature. I know it exists because I heard it a little while ago, but I can't find it at the moment. Could anyone maybe point me in the right direction?

***Sister Golden Hair*** · 02-13-2005, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by sun-star

I'm trying to find a quote by Tolkien where he discusses why he used his medievalist (Anglo-Saxon etc.) academic background in his work, and says something like he hopes that reading his work will lead people to the real thing, i.e. medieval literature. I know it exists because I heard it a little while ago, but I can't find it at the moment. Could anyone maybe point me in the right direction?

Sun-Star, this is the closest thing I could find and it is a closed thread.

http://entmoot.tolkientrail.com/showthread.php?t=11507

You might want to PM the thread starter "Forkbeard." He is pretty knowledgable about the kind of info you're looking for.

sun-star · 02-13-2005, 11:31 AM

Thanks for responding. I had found that thread when I was searching, and a couple more along the same lines. I think I may be able to find what I was looking for (I had a bright idea, anyway) but if I can't I'll try your suggestion. Thank you SGH

02-11-2005, 05:58 PM	#1
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	Looking for a quote... I'm trying to find a quote by Tolkien where he discusses why he used his medievalist (Anglo-Saxon etc.) academic background in his work, and says something like he hopes that reading his work will lead people to the real thing, i.e. medieval literature. I know it exists because I heard it a little while ago, but I can't find it at the moment. Could anyone maybe point me in the right direction? __________________ And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool.

02-13-2005, 11:31 AM	#3
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	Thanks for responding. I had found that thread when I was searching, and a couple more along the same lines. I think I may be able to find what I was looking for (I had a bright idea, anyway) but if I can't I'll try your suggestion. Thank you SGH __________________ And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool.